Africa, the Environment, and International Relations

Executing Gays in Uganda?

A friend and colleague, Nathan Paxton, posted this article on his Facebook page. It is a very interesting take on how Americans may be influencing policy in an African country. Fortunately, it doesn’t look like the law has passed their parliament yet.

If Uganda Executes Gays, Will American Christians be Complicit?

A bill currently before the Ugandan Parliament sounds like an absurdist scenario from some liberal nightmare about a theocratic state: Under the proposed law — which appears to have strong public support — criminal penalties on homosexual acts in the East African nation would be made much harsher, and include the death penalty.